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Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @openboosters
    @openboosters 2 года назад +3702

    My camera malfunctioned and I don't have a vid of this. Really hurts but at least Rudy has a recording of it to share with everyone! Thanks for watching!

    • @EdwintheMagicEngineer
      @EdwintheMagicEngineer 2 года назад +58

      I'm sorry bro :(

    • @HaleG9
      @HaleG9 2 года назад +23

      thank you for the ride!

    • @rosspresley24
      @rosspresley24 2 года назад +12

      any idea what kind of melon candle that is? thanks!

    • @joshuagarey7041
      @joshuagarey7041 2 года назад +5

      Crazy

    • @jasonf8750
      @jasonf8750 2 года назад +30

      omg at least someone else was recording. that could have been devastating

  • @mnewman1991
    @mnewman1991 2 года назад +6244

    Wearing gloves and passing the cards to someone without gloves. Hell yeah.

    • @sirmi9868
      @sirmi9868 2 года назад +2

      With a full dam box of gloves next to him🤣🤣🤣🤣 some people are just morons

    • @canadian4life796
      @canadian4life796 Год назад +187

      I was thinking the same thing lmao!

    • @c.j.t7269
      @c.j.t7269 Год назад +78

      @@canadian4life796 gloves don’t really matter if your hands are clean and dry you get a better feel from no gloves thus less chance of damaging the edges holding it

    • @DrCrypto-ash
      @DrCrypto-ash Год назад +410

      @@c.j.t7269 don't americans always have gressy hands from going to Mc Donalds all the time?

    • @ALone205
      @ALone205 Год назад +339

      @@DrCrypto-ash yeah, but also from working more than 3 hours a day.

  • @ArsonRides
    @ArsonRides 2 года назад +4333

    For a pack worth 100K, homie was using that blade like a line cook at Denny's

    • @angeloescandon4106
      @angeloescandon4106 2 года назад +82

      Seriously i thought i was the only thinking that!!!

    • @andreahorton6489
      @andreahorton6489 2 года назад +76

      and shaking like Michael J Fox :O

    • @bl8388
      @bl8388 2 года назад +47

      @@angeloescandon4106 I almost lost a kidney cringing so hard.

    • @Rocteruen
      @Rocteruen 2 года назад +81

      Not only the knife work but him trying to get the plastic off... I'm like come on man...

    • @douglasmcveigh5559
      @douglasmcveigh5559 2 года назад +73

      I was also bothered by the fact that the guy applying the sleeves wasn't wearing gloves.

  • @TheAed38
    @TheAed38 Год назад +2550

    Title should also read “how to turn $100k into $20k in 10 minutes.”

    • @99cya
      @99cya Год назад +80

      Its like buying high valued tech stocks 3 months ago.

    • @Brise215
      @Brise215 Год назад +59

      @@99cya Not really
      in this pack could have been more value or not. its a lottery. a high tech sock isnt.
      Not a good solution.

    • @stlhkp3803
      @stlhkp3803 Год назад +7

      @@Brise215 agreed.

    • @mds7569
      @mds7569 Год назад +54

      Lets say 5k at best.
      Good luck trying to get more with those cards, without a single P9 or dual land, lmao.

    • @TheAed38
      @TheAed38 Год назад +42

      @@Brise215 The only way you make money on this is if you open a lotus. Most tech stocks have better odds at a positive ROI.

  • @chancerogers69
    @chancerogers69 Год назад +319

    The way he used that scalpel was heartbreaking

    • @magatsu82
      @magatsu82 Год назад +15

      and completely unnecessary

    • @calebross8174
      @calebross8174 10 месяцев назад +18

      and he wondered why the corner was messed up.

  • @pigglewiggles58
    @pigglewiggles58 7 месяцев назад +176

    I just started playing MTG, bought my first commander pack yesterday, and I opened that deck more carefully than this guy did this one.

  • @Ryguy0707
    @Ryguy0707 Год назад +183

    Every aggressive card flip made me flinch because I was worried it would snag on his hand

    • @kenanlambo
      @kenanlambo Год назад +9

      You should reconsider your life choices

    • @jasonoreilly2795
      @jasonoreilly2795 Год назад

      You sound like if a gust of wind blew on you and you weren't properly attired for it, You'd sit in the corner shivering and not do anything about it

    • @nathelm8693
      @nathelm8693 4 дня назад

      ​@kenanlambo you would eat your dog for half a mill

  • @schlehrbear
    @schlehrbear Год назад +53

    Im 37, with 4 kids.
    Always wanted to get into magic.
    This video pushed me into learning magic.
    Thank you.

    • @therealest1534
      @therealest1534 Год назад +3

      wish this was my dads minset he and me are both struggling to find time to even make our decks but its fun to spend time with my dad

    • @Lucas-ij6go
      @Lucas-ij6go Год назад +9

      I think u will spend less money on drugs or gambling

    • @RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW
      @RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW Год назад +3

      Play Arena online

    • @randommcranderson5155
      @randommcranderson5155 Год назад +3

      magic is amazing. an easy first trick you learn makes all your money disappear.

    • @Tcstewie
      @Tcstewie Год назад

      ....what? I feel bad for your kids then.

  • @chainfire1000
    @chainfire1000 2 года назад +1721

    The person flipping the cards for the camera is so concerned, that they have surgical gloves on, yet the man with the sleeves used their bare fingers 😄
    Fun opening :)

    • @user-go7mc4ez1d
      @user-go7mc4ez1d 2 года назад +42

      Haha yeah, I guess he's holding the pack for a lot longer (and touching the card edges). My hands would be dripping if I was in his position lol

    • @Xnate13X
      @Xnate13X 2 года назад +36

      That's because the person with gloves owns the deck and the other people are just there for fun.. so they don't care. lol

    • @tryingtolearnthis
      @tryingtolearnthis 2 года назад +1

      That’s his schtick. He always open packs like that.

    • @allnovieveryday
      @allnovieveryday 2 года назад +22

      using penny sleeves and probably nicking every edge and corner, shame. should be one-touch magnet cases.

    • @MrSupraman15
      @MrSupraman15 2 года назад +9

      Yeah it makes me hurt inside

  • @shawnosnap3462
    @shawnosnap3462 2 года назад +887

    i love how the guy sleeving isn't wearing gloves that's legendary

    • @snozeberry99
      @snozeberry99 2 года назад +83

      I remember people used to make fun of openboosters for using the gloves. How far we've come.

    • @Ludis25
      @Ludis25 2 года назад +26

      seriously, my first thought. 100% SMH moment

    • @bmckenz
      @bmckenz 2 года назад +58

      I cringed every time he passed him a card.

    • @seandavis1189
      @seandavis1189 2 года назад +19

      right that bothered me tremendously

    • @daftwulli6145
      @daftwulli6145 2 года назад +103

      if you have freshly washed hands it is actually better. Power 9 quest explained that in several videos, and he got that wisdom from people working in museums working on old books and documents. What destroys cards is the oil on the hands, but freshly washed there is none, and you can handle the cards more gently without gloves.

  • @Queesh2
    @Queesh2 Год назад +54

    This video was nostalgic and also made me feel a little sad. If only I had the foresight to hold onto these when I was young. So many of these brought back memories I haven't thought of in decades.

  • @ARCMalafide
    @ARCMalafide Год назад +395

    I remember playing a sealed tournament way back then. One guy opened a pack with no lands. All the lands were replaced with rares. So he turned it in for another pack. Terrifying to think how much that would be worth today :)

    • @clanpsi
      @clanpsi Год назад +21

      Lands were worth more than Black Lotuses back then.

    • @Simonk_6
      @Simonk_6 Год назад +13

      @@clanpsi no they were not lotus and moxen where still some of the most expensive cards around albeit only 20-50$

    • @Pskawt
      @Pskawt Год назад +5

      Buddy I had so many nightmares, Frankenstein monsters, segnir vampire, ebon praetor, elder dragons, all gone.......

    • @barath4545
      @barath4545 Год назад +8

      I missed the ABU era of MTG by 6 months. I barely missed the last box of the Dark for sale.
      But I was offered a Lotus for $40 (Unlimited) and I remember dual lands commonly for sale for $10-12 each.
      Alphas were trash cause we had no black back sleeves for years, so they were unplayable cause corners, so Betas were worth more as Alphas were just for collecting and not many ONLY collected. I was also offered a HP Beta Lotus for $80 at some point. Also turned that down cause was 16 and money was tight and it was a cardboard game.

    • @ObsessedCollector
      @ObsessedCollector Год назад +4

      @@Simonk_6 maybe by you, but in the summer of 1993 a Keldon Warlord was worth more than a Lotus. I remember most rares including the Lotus was $5 ea. Duals were like $2 and the Lord of the Pit, Fork and Shivan Dragon was $10!

  • @nge400
    @nge400 2 года назад +93

    The guy picking his nose between sleeving- EPIC!

    • @Xnate13X
      @Xnate13X 2 года назад +2

      lmao! Not his cards, not his problem XD

  • @funnymcfunfuns1455
    @funnymcfunfuns1455 2 года назад +372

    Ow, when people talk about garbage rares now I think about these Alpha/Beta/Unlimited openings and realize we have it pretty good now.

    • @pianojoker2
      @pianojoker2 2 года назад +5

      @@brokengames9020 k

    • @BottomOfTheDumpsterFire
      @BottomOfTheDumpsterFire 2 года назад +15

      @@brokengames9020 nice story, please touch grass

    • @theteddy1487
      @theteddy1487 2 года назад +6

      @@brokengames9020 scarcity can be artificially inflated. Demand is simply demand no matter what causes it.

    • @zilaz
      @zilaz 2 года назад +2

      @@brokengames9020 I mean You're right about the effects of a healthy gut, aswell as the idiocity of ad hominem "arguments".
      However You're overlooking one thing, which is peoples individual drives in life.
      Yes, if you want to be healthy, treating your gut well is a good idea.
      But if you just wanna enjoy yourself with card games instead of physical pristine, paying money for old MTG cards is also a good idea.
      The prices may not be proportional nor adequate for you, but they may very well for others.

  • @pjorkan
    @pjorkan 4 месяца назад +3

    The way he fumbles whit the pack before managing to open it is just mindblowing.

  • @kokirikid817
    @kokirikid817 Год назад +118

    OMG this common is worth $100!!! Bro, the pack costed 100 grand. That's like getting excited about winning 1 buck off of a hundred dollar scratch off

  • @PSroka
    @PSroka 2 года назад +267

    Magic cards now: It's shiny and wide
    Magic cards then: IT'S IN THE MIDDLE

    • @atraxa1230
      @atraxa1230 2 года назад +10

      @@brokengames9020 why do you insist on thinking we give a shit what you have to say? 😕

    • @jakel7213
      @jakel7213 2 года назад +5

      @@brokengames9020 You should get out of the house more my dude.

    • @jakel7213
      @jakel7213 2 года назад +5

      @@brokengames9020 Not at all. Your 'argument' is one based in objective lunacy. So really the only subject to level a response towards is you.

    • @WCMRFILY
      @WCMRFILY 2 года назад +3

      @@brokengames9020 Take your meds schizo.

    • @maxspecs
      @maxspecs 2 года назад

      Pokemon cards now: it’s one card on four pieces.

  • @despawn7663
    @despawn7663 2 года назад +418

    Everyone should have gathered around and take a whiff of the freshly opened pack.

    • @despawn7663
      @despawn7663 2 года назад +10

      @@brokengames9020 I just like the smell of freshly opened cards :)

    • @mackenziepm
      @mackenziepm 2 года назад +10

      thats all very sniff my wife at the swinger party vibe.

    • @danw3735
      @danw3735 2 года назад +5

      @@mackenziepm I reckon they all roll around naked in the cards after the video ends :P

    • @justingetz8965
      @justingetz8965 Год назад +4

      I always basked in that smell being 13 at the time it was associated with unspent lunch money but worth it.

  • @gamblerfls
    @gamblerfls 6 месяцев назад +6

    I started playing Magic mid-1994 and there was no alpha, beta or unlimited packs available to buy anywhere anymore, only revised. It's amazing that those can still be found sealed up to this day.

  • @Junior0G
    @Junior0G 2 года назад +30

    I remember buying this pack brand-new at my friend's father's card shop during the summer they released. Im still searching for the 3 unopened packs I had😣.

  • @JohnSmith-tk7nt
    @JohnSmith-tk7nt 2 года назад +256

    As a fellow nerd, I can say this is an impressive collection of nerds and nerdery in this room. It's like the council of elrond for mouth breathers 😂🤣

    • @b.o.4492
      @b.o.4492 Год назад +6

      Hahaha man the mouth breather part made my tummy hurt I laughed so hard. GREAT COMMENT!

    • @forbiddenfruit6320
      @forbiddenfruit6320 5 месяцев назад

      The fact you feel you tubers are gods concerns me

    • @JohnSmith-tk7nt
      @JohnSmith-tk7nt 5 месяцев назад +1

      @forbiddenfruit6320 Bacon. Sigourney Weaver. Stop signs.
      ...
      I can say non sequiturs too

  • @righteousred723
    @righteousred723 2 года назад +162

    1:00 rudy counting how many he has hidden away and doing some quick math

    • @chronics23
      @chronics23 2 года назад +5

      Lmao so true!

    • @phothewin6019
      @phothewin6019 2 года назад +7

      I really do wonder how many of these he has, if any.

    • @maximus574
      @maximus574 2 года назад +13

      @@phothewin6019 none. Opened them all back in 2008-2010 and sent them for grading.

    • @maximus574
      @maximus574 2 года назад +4

      @@carenthusiast9255 haven't been to Rudy's basement. I know he does have sealed antiquities and forward. I know he mentioned not being able to get those boxes and he's never showed 1 on the channel that he acquired like he's done with antiquities, urza saga, the dark, legends boxes.

    • @jacobtroxel2387
      @jacobtroxel2387 2 года назад +6

      More like how many did i crack open

  • @RealNobody0815
    @RealNobody0815 Год назад +2

    Man, what a flashback! Remembering when it was normal to open them. How long didn’t i see it!!!! Nice

  • @djdialjockey6262
    @djdialjockey6262 Год назад +34

    Us 80's kids who played in the early 90's die a little bit when we realize we should of got a safe full of cards and retired on an island 30 years later.

    • @dlo8070
      @dlo8070 Год назад +4

      I feel ya. I probably bought about 1k dolalrs worth of magic cards when the game first came out. Have no idea what age i partered ways with them. Its a shame. I remember having a Grinning Totem back in the day and remember that card being talked abotu a lot

    • @David.-_-
      @David.-_- Год назад

      No shit.

    • @Ryan-bn3qk
      @Ryan-bn3qk 2 месяца назад

      My brother sold his Magic and comic book collection for about 18 grand about 7 years ago to get money for a down payment on a house.

  • @Spideysenses67
    @Spideysenses67 2 года назад +38

    In case you guys didn't know, the cards are centered.

    • @brianlasater6103
      @brianlasater6103 2 года назад +2

      Lol. That’s making lemonade out of lemons.

    • @zmoney4689
      @zmoney4689 2 года назад +1

      Yeah seriously repetitive AF 😂

    • @Penterror
      @Penterror 2 года назад

      Holy mackerel

    • @ElderGod4
      @ElderGod4 2 года назад

      What does it mean?

  • @friedspacecowboy8760
    @friedspacecowboy8760 2 года назад +643

    Rudy can barely contain himself that there’s one less starter in the world lmao

    • @Manysdugjohn
      @Manysdugjohn 2 года назад +35

      Nahhhh.. i bet he loves it.... his alpha starters gonna go up after this.. less supply !!!!

    • @matthewmiller597
      @matthewmiller597 2 года назад +5

      i thought he opened his years ago and had the cards graded.

    • @regorllerref
      @regorllerref 2 года назад +4

      @@matthewmiller597 I thought he said that he doesn't grade for alpha, he only buys psa 10s.

    • @alphaomega9563
      @alphaomega9563 2 года назад +1

      dont worry their be plenty of repacks going on

    • @rwb4591
      @rwb4591 2 года назад +22

      @@Manysdugjohn That's literally exactly what the person you replied to said... "barely contain himself" means he is attempting to conceal his clear excitement.

  • @gbmike1xx565
    @gbmike1xx565 Год назад +10

    I've opened many of these at my local comic and game shop. Dragons lair in Worcester mass, when magic first dropped. I have all my cards still.

    • @devinb5937
      @devinb5937 Год назад +2

      You don’t have to lie to kick it bro just enjoy the video

    • @gbmike1xx565
      @gbmike1xx565 Год назад +3

      @@devinb5937 counterspell

    • @devinb5937
      @devinb5937 Год назад

      @@gbmike1xx565 lol bro what

    • @gbmike1xx565
      @gbmike1xx565 Год назад +3

      @@devinb5937 20 point fireball

  • @sk84life7688
    @sk84life7688 2 года назад +3

    The fact that you have Andy Schrock in this video makes my soul happy!!!

  • @SilentMott
    @SilentMott 2 года назад +24

    Jesus testicle tuesday watching that plastic come off and the xacto blade shaking was an entire year worth of stress.

  • @MTGUnpacked
    @MTGUnpacked 2 года назад +130

    Incredible! One of the very few times we've seen Rudy's mind blown🤣

    • @zackkelley2940
      @zackkelley2940 2 года назад +11

      Of course Rudy's mind was blown, they just magicked 100k into about 5k

    • @Frankje01
      @Frankje01 2 года назад +2

      @@zackkelley2940 yeah because that's what these cards are worth once they come back from grading...

    • @aritzmartinezrodriguez1825
      @aritzmartinezrodriguez1825 2 года назад +3

      @@Frankje01 Well, this cards are going to be worth once graded way more than 5k, but nowhere near 100k.

    • @Frankje01
      @Frankje01 2 года назад +1

      @@aritzmartinezrodriguez1825 Didn't say they were going to be 100K, I was obviously pointing out how ridiculous it is to say that they are worth 5K. So thanks for adding nothing.

    • @aritzmartinezrodriguez1825
      @aritzmartinezrodriguez1825 2 года назад

      @@Frankje01 You need to work in your anger issues kid.

  • @clawshooter5867
    @clawshooter5867 Год назад +6

    If only I knew back then, those things were only $7.95 at shop back in the day

  • @toddstrongrayvenz5286
    @toddstrongrayvenz5286 Год назад +18

    This makes me sick to think of what I used to have and sold for nothing. Moxes, Arabian nights, Legends, allot from BETA/unlimited, 3 sets of revised, 2 sets of Dark, a stack of multi lands 4 inches high, God knows what it would be worth ugh I'm naseaous

    • @raky76
      @raky76 Год назад

      I once swapped 2x dual lands and 2x moxes for a stack of common lands as I couldn't make a deck with what I had.

    • @dyoel182
      @dyoel182 Год назад

      What's a good place to look up what old cards are worth?

    • @AGVenge
      @AGVenge Год назад

      @@dyoel182 cardmarket

    • @AGVenge
      @AGVenge Год назад

      Yep i also sold my Collection for about 700 usd. Its Worth about 180000 USD now🤣

    • @toddstrongrayvenz5286
      @toddstrongrayvenz5286 Год назад

      @@AGVenge sorry man, I estimated mine about 150k. Oh well it's just money. I tried jumping back in around the Urzas and that was fun but all I could think about was how much the cards kept going up and up and up in value.

  • @ns0557212
    @ns0557212 2 года назад +16

    Thanks Rudy for catching these always rare openings on video. I show my brother and he loves them as he grew up on alpha and beta and got me into the game years after he quit still with some of these cards! Love it!

  • @Matisyahuwu
    @Matisyahuwu 2 года назад +8

    I love that there’s are lit candles and open sodas in the vicinity….

  • @naverich4603
    @naverich4603 8 месяцев назад +5

    Some people have slot machines, other have Magic the Gathering. Opening a pack worth 100 000 dollars and then picking cards that doesnt even amount to half of what was payed...great investments.

  • @cat-ow1qj
    @cat-ow1qj Год назад +8

    i’ve always wondered what $100,000 of old paper looked like

  • @buraqrak
    @buraqrak 2 года назад +930

    Rudy's face when he realized that Alpha starter is worth 100 Gs and the thought in his mind that he have a whole safe of them in 5th level basement of his 4th house/warehouse :D and there's one less in the wild after this video - PRICELESS !!!

    • @siltoruz3502
      @siltoruz3502 2 года назад +16

      hahahahahahaaa so true

    • @dylanfarley8136
      @dylanfarley8136 2 года назад +67

      Blows my mind that in any reality a pack of cards can be considered to have a value of 100k.

    • @pianojoker2
      @pianojoker2 2 года назад +144

      @@dylanfarley8136 A pile of dust can be worth a billion if it happens to be the dust everyone is looking for. We make the value of things in the end

    • @jeffreyhall556
      @jeffreyhall556 2 года назад +14

      Or that he traded one away for a party pack of tacos.

    • @wallysmart2432
      @wallysmart2432 2 года назад +3

      DUDE SHOULD WAIT WHEN THEYRE 1 MIL EACH

  • @brianhall4182
    @brianhall4182 2 года назад +106

    I think back to the mid 90's and I remember opening my very first MtG 4th Edition starter pack. The look of those old boxes just conjure a whole lot of memories.

    • @pintpullinggeek
      @pintpullinggeek 2 года назад +3

      Same. With that lovely little rulebook inside too.

    • @npc1386
      @npc1386 2 года назад +2

      Yep, that's around the time I got in. Good times.

    • @shuboy05
      @shuboy05 2 года назад +9

      '90s Magic was my time. That will always be the Golden Age.

    • @patjayne5273
      @patjayne5273 2 года назад

      IKR…

    • @Reyd_01
      @Reyd_01 2 года назад +1

      The gems, the gem bags, the hopes for some northern paladins or nightmare's to match pics... I snagged a Shivan Drg in mine and later traded it for a mill falcon in the star wars ccg.... aaaah regrets

  • @Chipnuts
    @Chipnuts Год назад +2

    An absolute treat to watch this. I remember buying these WAY back in the day when I played as a kid!

  • @andrewrobbins1916
    @andrewrobbins1916 Год назад +92

    They should've priced every card as they revealed them to make the video more interesting.

    • @andyh6849
      @andyh6849 Год назад +6

      that would help non experts tbh.... i second this

    • @Phyrre56
      @Phyrre56 Год назад +12

      Even the worst cards in an Alpha pack are worth about $30-40 as collectors items. I think the most valuable card they opened here was Illusionary Mask which goes for maybe $1,500. They definitely lost money by opening this pack. They did not open any of the really top cards. (They highly exaggerated how much value the centering adds to these cards, because there are not that many people willing to pay a premium for a rated 10 quality card that isn't a top rare.)

    • @Papperogrande
      @Papperogrande Год назад +10

      @@Phyrre56 I got the feeling they couldn't stomach putting values to it having burned £96k 😅

    • @jeffwads
      @jeffwads Год назад +1

      They could buy a Big Mac with the proceeds.

  • @acexrp6288
    @acexrp6288 2 года назад +62

    Thanks. Seeing an alpha starter opened in this day and age is an extreme rarity event!

    • @sneakersda2199
      @sneakersda2199 Год назад

      My brother worked at a comic book shop years ago. He had a ton of these boxes and packs. I have a shoebox of these unopened boxes of cards. How can a box be worth $100,000 ? Who is buying ? I can sell 20 tonight ? But that’s what they are worth or what someone will pay ?

    • @CB-rv2lj
      @CB-rv2lj Год назад

      @@sneakersda2199 they said on ebay bud. are you deaf?

  • @mrpyro07
    @mrpyro07 2 года назад +184

    Rudy thinking the entire time "if you just kept it sealed it'd be worth $250,000 in 10 years"

    • @EdwintheMagicEngineer
      @EdwintheMagicEngineer 2 года назад +18

      I know for a fact he thinks that LOL! He tells us all the time.

    • @54321eclipse12345
      @54321eclipse12345 2 года назад +20

      Nah, he hopes every single one except the ones in his bunker will be opened so his are worth a million each in 10 years.

    • @grinja73
      @grinja73 2 года назад +7

      Dying to know when he's actually gonna cash out of magic or if he intends to horde a lot of until he's dead.

    • @mrpyro07
      @mrpyro07 2 года назад +4

      @@grinja73 I'm guessing by the time he's 50 he could easily cash out a portion of his collection and it would be an 8 figure payday. Maybe he will pass the rest onto his kids.

    • @grinja73
      @grinja73 2 года назад +2

      @@mrpyro07 I’m thinking 7 figures but yeah its still a lot. Who knows, maybe nerdboys will move on to other things and the value will peak and go down in a decade or so

  • @xtlm
    @xtlm Год назад +2

    Every time I hear "Shhhht" when he revealls a new one, all I can think about are the spit particles going all over the cards lol

  • @animalyze7120
    @animalyze7120 Год назад +2

    Funny I still have 4 original boxes with the instructions plus all of the cards that came in them, they have been used but still in great shape, I was never rough on cards. Seen quite a few cards they were cheering about in my old collection plus a lot they didn't draw. I remember when the Shivan Dragon was everyone's Holy Grail and I had 2 lol.

  • @WhateverYT3
    @WhateverYT3 2 года назад +244

    So $100k for a starter deck and the worth within is roughly $40k on a some perfect grading?! True collectors right there. Superb.

    • @heyhoe168
      @heyhoe168 2 года назад +98

      $60k worth of unpacking experience. :D

    • @Deadly1996
      @Deadly1996 2 года назад +6

      Get rekt lol

    • @spol
      @spol 2 года назад +8

      lmao that's a nice way of putting it.

    • @OneOfDisease
      @OneOfDisease 2 года назад +14

      It is a gamble, get a power 9 and you only lost 30k.

    • @ryanchase9332
      @ryanchase9332 2 года назад +26

      @@OneOfDisease Get a centered Black Lotus, and you made your money back 6 fold with that alone.

  • @Kechioh
    @Kechioh 2 года назад +32

    Drinking Game: Every time someone says "Center" take a shot.... See you at the hospital soon

  • @BunnyGrenades
    @BunnyGrenades Год назад

    Dang nostalgic as heck!! Crazy.

  • @papsny
    @papsny Год назад

    I remember my 1st alpha deck.. it was a xmas gift from my uncle.. cant forget how good it smelled... it was a few bucks back then

  • @Groskaykay
    @Groskaykay 2 года назад +8

    Legends says you can still hear him saying "It's centered!"

    • @ItsHedge
      @ItsHedge 2 месяца назад

      Lmao I had to mute the video. I can only listen to that for so long

  • @VegasFinds777
    @VegasFinds777 2 года назад +12

    There's rarely beauty in this world like that Icy Manipulator. Thank you for sharing this!

  • @robbieskids9159
    @robbieskids9159 Год назад +6

    Me to my 5 year old son: "hey buddy, check these out, now you can have just one, they're very special so be caref...."
    "Cool, thanks dad" as he folds it up and puts it in his top pocket. 🥺

  • @kevinlepage3751
    @kevinlepage3751 Год назад

    Very nice moment with you guys !!! 🥰🥰

  • @Ryan_Dye-r
    @Ryan_Dye-r 2 года назад +66

    It's nice to see such a deep appreciation for MTG cards, especially from Alpha.

  • @smiteclips4325
    @smiteclips4325 Год назад

    I have a binder of alpha from childhood. Been meaning to get them graded for years

  • @arseniybanayev
    @arseniybanayev Год назад +1

    Right next to a sink, a candle, an open can of La Croix and a plate of half eaten greasy snacks. Great

  • @MtendoTheSkunk
    @MtendoTheSkunk 2 года назад +8

    Saw it on the livestream but still great to see it up close like this! There's gonna be sooo many BGS 10s from that starter! Congrats OpenBoosters!

  • @raughboy188
    @raughboy188 2 года назад +22

    Wow! This brings a lot of memory from better times because back than magic cards were much more affordable than today.

  • @taa347
    @taa347 Год назад +3

    The feeling of seeing Andy Schrock in a magic the gathering opening video is such a surreal one

    • @GarciaJose.
      @GarciaJose. Год назад +2

      Hold up, this comment is so underrated if you’re a skater and play magic the gathering haha

  • @williammobley9634
    @williammobley9634 Год назад +5

    I got started in the game during Beta while working in a hobby shop that started carrying the game. I was in High School at the time. In 2001, when my first wife and I got divorced, my entire MtG collection mysteriously disappeared when she left the house - at the time my book value was over $5,000. A small binder of each color plus another for artifacts and another for rare lands. I hadn't played in a couple of years prior to that - mostly made up of my cards from when I started playing.

  • @PulseTriangle
    @PulseTriangle 2 года назад +83

    For context, that guy has opened 3 black lotuses on camera... so he's due for a dud xD amazing video

  • @MarekMediaPB
    @MarekMediaPB 2 года назад +18

    Take a drink every time they say "perfect centering"
    RIP

    • @VillagerVic
      @VillagerVic 2 года назад

      How about take one after every holy mackerel

    • @andregardner7185
      @andregardner7185 Год назад

      "I'm going to the right as well."

  • @jh2519
    @jh2519 Год назад

    Lol at the ungloved hand and the giant box of gloves to the left!

  • @Zeequals
    @Zeequals Год назад +2

    As someone who understands the value of these cards, I still think the wholesome reaction and excitement was worth every penny of opening this lol

  • @bensonprice4027
    @bensonprice4027 2 года назад +124

    Rudy's look: "Are you FUCKING INSANE?? 100k? And you're opening it?"

    • @brianneudahl3507
      @brianneudahl3507 2 года назад +15

      Nope Rudy is going well I have a 100 of those at home

    • @ghostbuster8894
      @ghostbuster8894 2 года назад +11

      That reaction is proof that Rudy is a taco.

    • @brianneudahl3507
      @brianneudahl3507 2 года назад +7

      @@ghostbuster8894 I’m still kicking myself for not getting a couple cases of alpha booster and decks back in the day

    • @ghostbuster8894
      @ghostbuster8894 2 года назад +6

      @@brianneudahl3507 At least you were not one of the ones that threw out Alpha cards (literally through them in the trash).

    • @brianneudahl3507
      @brianneudahl3507 2 года назад +2

      @@ghostbuster8894 worse I sold them to pay for college in 04

  • @Lukeor
    @Lukeor 2 года назад +14

    I know every magic card alpha to alliances. The feeling I get when I see a shatter or lightning bolt opened. So nostalgic.

  • @jakephilbrick7384
    @jakephilbrick7384 Год назад

    I definitely didn't expect to see Andy Shrock in there!

  • @1984nightrider
    @1984nightrider Год назад

    Icy Manipulator one of my favorite cards, Looks beautiful for alpha

  • @MosbergSwerve
    @MosbergSwerve 2 года назад +789

    Thank you for sharing this incredible experience. Very cool.

    • @moreplease394
      @moreplease394 2 года назад +16

      Nobody likes you

    • @jasonmacaro4052
      @jasonmacaro4052 2 года назад +24

      @@moreplease394 I like him, I think you mean nobody likes you

    • @Momofatts1
      @Momofatts1 2 года назад +9

      @@moreplease394 I agree

    • @moreplease394
      @moreplease394 2 года назад +6

      @@jasonmacaro4052 your mom likes me

    • @reachingvalhalla5096
      @reachingvalhalla5096 2 года назад +14

      @@moreplease394 He used to be foul mouthed and a bit... lets call it... different, but his recent content is really good. He also went through a major event in his life that changed him for the better. Give his new content a try and you will see

  • @Nessevan
    @Nessevan 2 года назад +11

    Don’t know any of the values of these cards but it was a pleasure to see you guys all enjoying this moment.

  • @kevinbradley8613
    @kevinbradley8613 Год назад +4

    Random video… I had tons of these cards when I was a kid. I didn’t play magic, I just enjoyed the artwork and the collecting aspect of it. I will never understand why anyone would pay so much money for something so trivial and functionally useless, but I appreciate the enthusiasm and I enjoyed reliving the experience of opening these starter packs. Good memories! My younger brother has most of my old cards now, and I gave a bunch of them away to friends too after I lost interest. This was damn near 30 years ago, and I kind of sharted a bit hearing how much they’re worth now. My 35 year old younger brother still plays regularly and has many shoeboxes full of these cards now.

  • @AustinWestbro
    @AustinWestbro 11 месяцев назад

    The way he instantly starts quaking 😂

  • @cinematicbluesmusic
    @cinematicbluesmusic 2 года назад +11

    awesome video! don't know why I really like watching these alpha openings. i don't even really know how to play Magic, but damn that artwork is amazing on those cards! i feel like if those were blown up paintings, they would sell for a fortune by themselves. very cool

    • @jankutac9753
      @jankutac9753 Год назад

      Can't even play magic hahaha? Then sth is wrong with you :-D

  • @cryptic_conman3149
    @cryptic_conman3149 2 года назад +6

    Thanks for sharing this totally bad ass experience. My hands were shaking as you looked at the cards. Soo much nostalgia!!!

  • @WarrenPostma
    @WarrenPostma 4 месяца назад

    The nerd energy is strong with these ones. Dread Investor Nerd uses Nerd Voice warble, it's highly effective. Opening this expensive card pack with a knife jab into the deck? Next level.

  • @theKAOSWZRD
    @theKAOSWZRD 8 месяцев назад

    I love that he's gloved up and handing to someone bare handed.......

  • @marcusw6713
    @marcusw6713 2 года назад +27

    Tolerian does vintage booster box game.
    Rudy: hold my Timmy

  • @Ruxin34
    @Ruxin34 2 года назад +27

    This is a MUST WATCH! Love to see these epic old openings from Openboosters🔥

  • @makamanfam201
    @makamanfam201 Год назад +28

    I love how at the end they were all a little bummed by a $700 card compared to the $2,000 one they just pulled haha

    • @PoggerChamp-jt8dp
      @PoggerChamp-jt8dp Год назад +2

      @@mro4ts457 but they didn't spend 100,000

    • @PoggerChamp-jt8dp
      @PoggerChamp-jt8dp Год назад +6

      @@mro4ts457 They bought that pack when it was released for the original price, Since it's an old pack in mint condition it's now worth 100,000. It's not click bait because it still true that the pack is worth 100,000. They just didn't spend 100,000 to buy the pack.

    • @blueishgreen76
      @blueishgreen76 Год назад +1

      @@PoggerChamp-jt8dp You're right that it's not clickbait, because the deck has sold for $96,000, but they do sort of gloss over that that's not what they paid for the pack. They're also also well connected enough in the industry to know Heritage Auctions is not the most trustworthy of sources on prices that the average person could actually get.

  • @WardenOfTerra
    @WardenOfTerra Год назад +3

    Rudy's face after realising that he has around 1,000 of them hanging around in his 6th mansion that he doesn't even rent out but lets his pet Dodo birds roam in.

  • @baileybayer9462
    @baileybayer9462 2 года назад +10

    I am literally more mind blown at the fact that Andy Schrock is in this video than the $100k pack. What a crossover

    • @HyzerFlip
      @HyzerFlip Год назад

      I realize you posted this comment a year ago, but I just learned Andy has a card channel a week or two ago. Definitely an unexpected crossover.

  • @TheBlueCollarConservative
    @TheBlueCollarConservative 2 года назад +25

    That brought so many memories.....so much early nineties nerdism.

  • @ToVisitOctober
    @ToVisitOctober 2 года назад +59

    What’s nuts is spending 100k on a deck with random cards in it. 😂

    • @grindTIME1985
      @grindTIME1985 Год назад

      25K worth op

    • @demoniclily1892
      @demoniclily1892 Год назад

      Those cards are a part of history

    • @Gamekrayz
      @Gamekrayz Год назад +13

      @@demoniclily1892 so is the shit I took an hour ago

    • @dylanfarley8136
      @dylanfarley8136 Год назад +4

      @@demoniclily1892 It's still ridiculous that it was considered to be worth 100k when sealed. They're cards for a game, from the 90s. There's historical objects that are connected to major historical events from 100s of years ago that are considered to be worth significantly less.

    • @ItsMeHammie
      @ItsMeHammie Год назад +6

      @@dylanfarley8136 people are buying NFTs so there's worse

  • @blackwater7183
    @blackwater7183 Год назад

    Man you can't get any nerdier than this!

  • @albertocar741
    @albertocar741 2 года назад +45

    If someone wonders what is the value of what they opened, based on SCG in NM condition it would be $14,855.

    • @MrVolsman69
      @MrVolsman69 2 года назад +7

      Geez really? A $100,000 starter deck opened for less than $15,000? Guess that’s not really accounting for prices on high graded cards though, but still just wild. Got to give him props for opening it, but if he seriously just lit $85,000 on fire then seems like madness to me. No telling what that deck would be will in 20 years from now.

    • @EdwintheMagicEngineer
      @EdwintheMagicEngineer 2 года назад +7

      Many of those perfectly centered cards when graded will be worth MUCH more then that. MUCH more.

    • @chad0x
      @chad0x 2 года назад +6

      these are mixture of 9's 9.5's and 10's. The premium on those is ENORMOUS.

    • @albertocar741
      @albertocar741 2 года назад

      @@EdwintheMagicEngineer I don't know how much more it might cost for those details, but most of us would just buy the NM cards without grading. And even grading this cards, they would have to be worth 5x to equal the cost of the unopened package. Still it was fun.

    • @hybridyd1305
      @hybridyd1305 2 года назад +10

      Star city games? The beta males that sound like they're suffocating in every video because they wear face masks for no reason? 🤣🤣

  • @uberwarlocker
    @uberwarlocker 2 года назад +10

    If i could go back in time I'd be selling a deck worth a '21 shelby and a fun night out on the vegas strip for a night. It's amazing we get to watch this be opened, thank you alpha.

  • @jacobharrisgriffin5125
    @jacobharrisgriffin5125 Год назад +40

    imagine opening this pack with gloves on and handing them to someone who dont have gloves on.. IMAGINE.

    • @bestway6032
      @bestway6032 Год назад

      if you read the comment you will see that its better without glove... read the comment next time noob

    • @suoquainen
      @suoquainen Год назад

      I opened multiple Alpha Starters even without gloves and even without putting them in foil.....1995. :)

    • @info_fox
      @info_fox Год назад

      I don't have to imagine.
      It just happened

  • @pops91
    @pops91 11 месяцев назад +2

    This was the most underwhelming alpha opening ever

  • @Habeev07
    @Habeev07 2 года назад +8

    13:50 Rudy is like "Dan...Dan... the children..." XD

  • @rashakor
    @rashakor 2 года назад +90

    I could not think of a worse pull for the final rare.

    • @WingofTech
      @WingofTech 2 года назад

      Maybe this is reverse psychology and it was a Black Lotus. :D

    • @sagesmukler9383
      @sagesmukler9383 2 года назад +1

      Animate Wall

    • @rashakor
      @rashakor 2 года назад

      @@sagesmukler9383 Incredibly, you are right, the laces are more expensive than the animate wall at this point. At least animate Wall was not printed in Revised so it feels more special.

  • @sjgaming172
    @sjgaming172 2 года назад

    I love the little sounds he makes when he flips a card xD

  • @the_zenba
    @the_zenba 2 года назад +14

    i love how there's both a razor blade and an open flame sitting right there.

  • @pguy6915
    @pguy6915 2 года назад +30

    I don’t play magic, never have but I know where to give credit when it’s due. The original magic cards are insane and the massive price tag just shows how coveted they are. Look at this man’s hand shake. I can’t imagine how nervous he was. The suspense 😭

  • @DiceMasterChannel
    @DiceMasterChannel 2 года назад +1

    I’ve got a bunch of magic the gathering cards from that era. Any ideas where I can cash them in?

  • @davidg6645
    @davidg6645 Год назад

    Hey men, that's a really great deck you have there.. Thankyou for sharing this Godly experience

  • @pschulzdesign6147
    @pschulzdesign6147 2 года назад +3

    To think one of those packs would buy me a house where i live and also get me throught univeristy… great opening!

  • @thundarrisaboss2725
    @thundarrisaboss2725 2 года назад +19

    big thank you to Dan! he loses money, so we all have fun. makes me glad his beta booster box was the best you could possibly get.

  • @TalesOfSurvival
    @TalesOfSurvival Год назад +4

    i love seeing this, in my opinion these packs were meant to be open. i see a sealed pack i can hear the little strips of cardboard screaming "free me".

    • @lasttou
      @lasttou Год назад

      yeahhhh ur weird buddy

    • @dylanfarley8136
      @dylanfarley8136 Год назад +1

      Yup that's exactly what this stuff was meant for. The fact this sealed box of cards was "worth" 100k is fucking stupid.

  • @patrickdeleon1529
    @patrickdeleon1529 Год назад

    Damn this brings back a lot of memories way back when i was in elementary i spent P10000 buying magic cards and building a poison deck which is black and green color sad to say i lost all of those cards never knew that trading card will be a hit again this time maybe some of my cards worth of fortune now

  • @bensolo7217
    @bensolo7217 2 года назад +4

    Good luck getting these graded right now!
    Beckett: " yeah, so maybe, eventually, one day... next year... we'll get around to your cards. Or.... You could give us a grand to think about putting them in this year's stack"

  • @itzdm0r3
    @itzdm0r3 2 года назад +3

    That blade didn't just cut the seal, it cut my soul!